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From: Andreas Leitgeb <avl@logic.at>
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Subject: Re: How do I dereference a static string
Date: Thu, 3 Nov 2022 17:38:46 -0000 (UTC)
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C.D. Altenburg, Ph.D, <cdalten@gmail.com> wrote:
> Say I have the string
> public static string foo = "foo";
> can I just do
> foo = null;
> in order to dereference that string?

For what you're doing, "unreferencing" might be the better word.

The word from subject "dereferencing" rather denotes access of the
referenced thing, like in  System.out.println(foo);